Apr 10,
2021 Week: 15 Day: 100
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Visibility: 10 miles |
Ave. Sky Cover: % |
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Local:
H 66°\ L 22° |
Nearest Lightning: 916mi. |
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Wind: 5 mph/ Gusts: 12mph |
EXTREME Risk of Fire: Active fire: 167mi |
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Record: 86°[1992] Record: 1°[1974] |
Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Find something you're
passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
Julia Child
Random Tidbits
The origin of the
doughnut is unknown, though different nationalities have had their own version
of the treat throughout history. A type of doughnut is even mentioned in the
Bible. Specifically, Chapter 7 and verse 12 of Leviticus says that a
thanksgiving to God should be made of "cakes mingled with oil, of fine
flour, fried."
A Little Something to Think About
The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take
any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one
letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:
3. Cashtration (N.): The act of buying a house, which
renders the subject financially
impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (N): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (N): The gulf between the author of sarcastic
wit and the person who doesn't get it.
Weekly Observations
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National Cherry Blossom
Festival Link |
Thru
4/10 |
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National Robotics Week Link |
3-11 |
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Bat Appreciation Week |
4-10 |
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International
Dark Sky Week Link |
5-11 |
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Satchmo Days: Link Moved to
September 30 due to COVID |
8-11 |
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Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend
of Prayer & Fasting Link |
10-11 |
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Money
Smart Week Link |
10-17 |
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Week of The Young Child Link |
10-16 |
Today’s Observations
ASPCA (American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Day Link
Baby Massage Day Link
Encourage
a Young Writer Day
Farm
Animals Day
National Catch and Release Day
National Cinnamon Crescent
Day
National Siblings Day Link
Salvation Army Founder's Day
Safety Pin Day
Slow Art Day Link
World Circus Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Another warm day with lots of sunshine. The weekend may get a little
windy.
I gathered up my tax documents…from various places around my house.
Then I dropped them off with the tax guy. Now just wait a few days for the results.
Prince Phillip led a long and fruitful life. RIP
The gun debate is back in full swing. Both sides, sadly, give bad
information about guns. To find the facts about guns, gun manufacturers, current
gun law, and the NRA would take lots of time. Since most people don’t want to
take the time for that research, the media becomes our go to. Before making any
decisions about guns, I must do a lot of research. In my opinion, The US has
always been a ‘gun’ country. It’s even in the Constitution. In the time since
the Constitution, guns have made a lot of changes. No person living at the time
of the Constitution could have imagined most of the firearms available today. It
is time to have laws that respect the Constitution and limit the kind of firearms
a citizen can own.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
55. What is unusual about the
following words:
revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?
Historical Events
1710 – The Statute of
Anne, the first law regulating copyright, was enacted in Great Britain.
1790 – The US Patent
office was approved by George Washington.
1815 (Volcano Eruption)
Mount Tambora (Year Without A Summer). The eruption lasted 3 months, killing
10,000 people directly and 80,000 more via disease and famine.
1849 – The first US
Patent (#6,281) for a safety pin was issued to Walter Hunt of New York City.
1906 – O. Henry’s The
Gift of the Magi was published.
1916 – The Professional
Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) was founded in New York City.
1925 – The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published.
1970 – Paul McCartney
announced the breakup of the Beatles
1971 – The People’s
Republic of China hosted the US table tennis team for a week-long visit.
2014 – Kathleen Sebelius
resigned as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services, after the faulty rollout of HealthCare.gov.
2016 – The price of US
postage decreased for the first time (from 49 to 47 cents) in almost 100 years.
2016 Hong Kong
pro-democracy political party DemosistÅ established by Nathan Law, Joshua Wong
and Agnes Chow
2017 Alabama Governor
Robert Bentley resigns over relationship with an aide and possible misuse of
state funds to cover it up
2018 Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg begins testifying before US Congress about data use and security
2019 First-ever photo of
a black hole announced, taken by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in
2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of earth, 55 million light-years
away
2019 New species of human
announced named Homo luzonensis, 3ft tall, remains dated 50-60,000 years old
found in cave on island of Luzon, Philippines
2019 New York declares a
public health emergency and compulsory vaccinations after a measles outbreak in
Brooklyn with 285 cases
Birthdays Today
@96 – Harry Morgan [Harry Bratsberg], American actor (d. 2011)
85 – John Madden,
American football player, coach, and sportscaster
@83 – Omar Sharif [Michel Dimitri Chalhoub], Egyptian actor (d. 2015)
@71 – Chuck Connors, American baseball player, actor (d. 1992; lung
cancer)
69 – Steven Seagal,
American actor and martial artist
@64 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, (d.1911)
@63 – (Commodore) Matthew Perry, American naval officer (d. 1858; rheumatic
fever)
41 – Charlie Hunnam,
English actor
37 – Mandy Moore,
American singer-songwriter and actress
33 – Haley Joel Osment,
American actor
Puzzle Answer
Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end. It will
spell the same word backwards.
